PHILADELPHIA: Twenty-five thoughts for 25,000 career points in a 107-100 win over the Philadelphia 76ers …
1. If he only cared about scoring, how many points could LeBron James average in a season? Thirty? Thirty-five?
2. “I think he could average 40,” said James Jones, who knows LeBron better than most.
3. Forty? Only one man in NBA history has averaged at least 40 points in a season: Wilt Chamberlain, who did it twice. That was more than 50 years ago. But Jones wasn’t backing down.
4. “He can handle the ball enough,” Jones said.